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Fantastic Four set reports & release buzz.

By Stax

Scoopers have provided Coming Attractions at Cinescape Online with an eyewitness look at The Thing in Fantastic Four. The site has posted ten photos from the Vancouver set showing the Kirby Gallery, which is reportedly where Ben Grimm's blind artist-love interest Alicia Masters works. A bust of The Thing can be seen in the gallery's window. The actress portraying Alicia hasn't been revealed yet.

"For those who have been curious to know how the character has been translated for the screen, the actual full body Thing costume is surprisingly small, sized a little larger than an average man's dimensions except for the character's hands and feet which are proportionally bigger than the body," reveals CA. "While The Thing's physical appearance does closely resemble the character from the comics, such as the orange-hued skin coloring, the rock-like plate skin appears to have been toned down just a little for the movie incarnation. Judging from our eyewitness report, The Thing's plates appear to be more rounded in their shape and not as jagged or craggy as the more modern versions of the character in the comic book."

In related news, The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Fantastic Four will face-off against Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds its opening weekend. FF will be released on July 1st, 2005 but Worlds bows two days earlier on June 29th. FF is already in production, however, while Worlds won't start filming until November. We'll have to see if either film blinks and shifts release dates.